Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Children's National Hospital is seeking a Senior Counsel- Commercial Transactions, Regulatory, Research & Strategic Operations to serve as a senior legal leader reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer. The role involves providing legal counsel and strategy guidance across various healthcare and business matters while leading a team of legal professionals.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a primary legal advisor to executive and operational leadership on strategic and operational initiatives
- Provide practical, business-focused legal guidance that supports the organization's mission, growth strategy, and operational objectives
- Identify legal, operational, financial, and reputational risks and develop effective mitigation strategies
- Present legal analyses and recommendations to senior executives, committees, and the Board of Directors as requested
- Lead legal support for enterprise-wide contracting activities
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage complex healthcare, technology, supply chain, professional services, clinical, research, and operational agreements
- Provide legal support for mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, management agreements, clinical collaborations, and other strategic transactions
- Develop and maintain standardized contracting processes and playbooks to improve efficiency, consistency, and risk management
- Provide counsel on federal and state healthcare regulatory requirements affecting hospital operations
- Advise on licensing, accreditation, reimbursement, Certificate of Need, Certificate of Public Need, provider enrollment, fraud and abuse, and related healthcare regulatory matters
- Monitor emerging legal and regulatory developments and advise leadership regarding organizational impact
- Partner with compliance, audit, finance, and operational teams to support enterprise-wide regulatory initiatives
- Lead legal support for healthcare real estate transactions and facilities development projects
- Negotiate and advise on leases, purchase and sale agreements, easements, licenses, construction agreements, design agreements, and development projects
- Partner with facilities, construction, finance, and operational leadership to support capital planning initiatives
- Advise on construction risk management, project disputes, and regulatory approvals related to development activities
- Collaborate with Human Resources and external immigration counsel regarding visa sponsorship, work authorization, and permanent residency matters
- Ensure compliance with immigration-related regulatory requirements and reporting obligations
- Lead, mentor, and develop attorneys, legal operations professionals, paralegals, contract specialists, and administrative staff
- Foster a highly collaborative, service-oriented, and accountable team culture
- Manage outside counsel relationships and related legal expenditures
- Support departmental strategic planning and operational improvement initiatives
- Assist the Chief Legal Officer in managing legal department priorities, resource allocation, staffing, budgeting, and performance management
- Develop meaningful relationships with internal stakeholders and serve as a trusted partner throughout the organization
- Provide legal support and strategic counsel for the organization's research, innovation, academic, and commercialization activities
- Advise investigators, research administration, compliance personnel, and executive leadership regarding clinical research, sponsored research, grants, research collaborations, data use arrangements, biobanking, and academic affiliations
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of research-related agreements, including clinical trial agreements, sponsored research agreements, material transfer agreements, data use agreements, confidentiality agreements, consortium agreements, and research collaboration agreements
- Counsel stakeholders on regulatory requirements affecting research activities, including human subjects protections, FDA regulations, Good Clinical Practice standards, grant compliance obligations, and research integrity matters
- Support technology transfer, intellectual property, innovation, commercialization, licensing, startup relationships, and strategic research partnerships
- Advise leadership on significant research-related disputes, investigations, audits, and regulatory inquiries
- Foster collaborative relationships with academic institutions, governmental agencies, industry sponsors, foundations, and other research partners to advance the organization's research mission
Skills
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school
- Active membership in at least one state bar and eligibility to practice as in-house counsel in the District of Columbia
- 15-20 years of progressively responsible legal experience
- Significant experience representing hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, physician organizations, or other healthcare providers
- Demonstrated experience serving in an in-house legal leadership role within a hospital or healthcare system
- Proven experience managing legal departments, legal operations, outside counsel, and multidisciplinary professional teams
- Experience advising executive leadership, governing boards, and operational leaders on complex healthcare matters
- Strong knowledge of hospital operations and healthcare delivery systems
- Deep experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements and strategic transactions
- Expertise in healthcare regulatory compliance, including provider regulatory matters, licensure, accreditation, and reimbursement-related issues
- Experience with healthcare real estate transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and construction projects
- Working knowledge of healthcare workforce immigration programs, including physician and employee immigration matters
- Demonstrated financial acumen and ability to analyze operational and business implications of legal decisions
- Exceptional leadership, communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Strong project management and organizational abilities
- Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives and operational realities
- Prior law firm and/or Federal oversight experience strongly preferred
Benefits
- Children’s National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees.
- This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.
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